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A: Which team do you think will win the championship in the 2026 World Baseball Classic?

B: The previous champion Japan and runner-up the US are exceptionally strong.

A: The Taiwan team was captained by Chen Chieh-hsien with a roster of 16 pitchers, 3 catchers and 11 fielders, and was quite strong, too.

B: Yeah, players like Hu Chih-wei, Lin Tzu-wei, Yu Chang and Cheng Tsung-che all played in Major League Baseball. And this tournament marked the first call-up of mixed-race talent: MLB’s Stuart Fairchild.

A: There are also some Taiwanese stars playing in Japan, including Zhang Jun-wei, Gu Lin Ruei-yang, Sun Yi-lei, Lin An-ko and Hsu Jo-hsi. The Taiwan team will surely have a bright future.

A: 而台灣隊再次由陳傑憲領軍，包括投手16人、捕手3人、野手11人，其實也不錯唷。

B: 對啊像胡智為、林子偉、張育成、鄭宗哲都打過大聯盟，本屆還首次徵召混血好手「費仔」史都費柴德。

A: 此外旅日球星則有張峻瑋、古林睿煬、孫易磊、林安可、徐若熙，台灣隊未來一定是精彩可期！

The US-Israeli war on Iran, launched on Feb. 28, has set the Middle East alight, threatening millions of people’s lives and livelihoods as the violence spreads in widening arc stretching from central Asia to the edge of Europe. The joint operation, named 「Epic Fury」 by the US and 「Roaring Lion」 by Israel, has been sold as a high-impact show of intimidating power, but its impact so far beyond the chaos and bloodshed is unclear. What is certain is that predictions that this type of war would destabilize the region have indeed rapidly materialized. What is the background to this war? For decades, the

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1. 因為食物不夠，我還是很餓。 ˇ There was not enough food. I still feel hungry. χ There was no enough food. I still feel hungry. 註：可以說 no good food, no suitable clothes，因為這裏 no 修飾 food, clothes（＝ no food that is good, no clothes that are suitable）。本句應該用 not enough food，因這裏 not 修飾形容詞 enough。同樣，There is no much time left. 應改為 There is not much time left.。
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